Bulletin-board



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W. S. EVANS.

BULLETIN BOARD.

Patented Jan. 11', 1887.

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\VILLIAM S. EVANS, OF CLYDE, OHIO.

BULLETIN-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,062, dated January 11, 1887.

Application filed August5,1886. Serial No. 210,089. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. Evans, of

Clyde, in the countyof Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bulletin-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,\vhich form part of this specification. My invention relates to an improvement in bulletin-boards; and it consists in abulletinboard which is composed of a series of parallelnarrowstrips,which are recessed on their front sides, so as to allow the letters to be pushed into place with ease, and which have their rear edges beveled away, so as to come spondrto the inclination of the ends of the pieces of sheet metal upon which the letters are painted, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object ofmy invention is to provide a bulletinboard in which letters of different sizes can be quickly and readily placed in position, side by side, so as to form any desired word, and which board can be used in any convenient position for displaying the words formed upon it.

Figure 1 represents a perspective of a bul letiil-board embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective of one of the pieces of sheet metal upon which aletter is painted.

A represents two uprights of any kind, to which the parallel narrow strips 13 are nailed or fastened in any suitable manner. These strips will be of any desired width, and are grooved upon their front surfaces, as shown, so as to allow the fingers to be readily applied to the pieces of metal 0, upon which the letters are painted, to force them into position. The ends of the pieces of metal 0 are bent at an angle and extend outward, as shown in Fig. 2, and these bent ends catch behind the strips which come just above or below the strip to which the pieces 0 are applied. \Vhere the surfaces of the strips are not recessed as here shown, only the finger-nails can be ap less frictional surface is also presented to the sheets, and hence they can be moved more easily into position than could be done if the strips were flat upon their outer sides. The rear edges of these strips are beveled away, as shown at F, so as to correspond to the inclination which is given to the ends of the sheets, as shown. If the edges were not beveled away, but were made perfectly straight, the strips of metal would have little or nothing to hold them in position, and hence would be constantly becoming displaced. of the sheets of metal being bent, as shown,

they catch behind the beveled edges of the strips, and are thus held in position in such a manner that they can only be removed by pushing them sidewise beyond the ends of the strips.

Heretofore bulletin-boards have been made and provided with guides or ways upon their front sides, into'which flat pieces or strips of metal or cardboard have been pushed, and this I disclaim. My invention differs from these, bot-11in forming the board of parallel. separated strips having beveled edges, and in using sheets of metal of suitable sizes upon which the letter is painted, and which sheets have beveled ends, so as to correspond with the beveled edges'of the strips.

Having thus described my invention, I claim '1. In a bulletiuboard, the combination of the uprights A, which support the board in position, the pieces of sheet metal 0, and

the parallel strips B, which are secured to.

The ends bent so as to correspond to the inclination of upon which the letters are made, having bent the beveled edges of the strips, substantially ends, substantially as set forth.

as described. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 3. The combination of the uprights A, presence of two witnesses. 5 which support the board in positon, the par- WVILLTAM S. EVANS.

allel strips B, secured thereto, grooved upon W'itnesses: their front sides and having their rear edges WV. P. EVANS. beveled away, with the pieces of sheet metal 0. O. RULE. 

